尼日利亚一家国家运动医学中心针对转介至物理治疗科的运动损伤的治疗：一项回顾性研究。

Owoeye O B A, Odebiyi D O, Odunaiya N, Ogunkunle E

Department of Physiotherapy, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria.

Nig Q J Hosp Med. 2009 Jul-Sep;19(3):158-61. doi: 10.4314/nqjhm.v19i3.54504.

BACKGROUND

Physiotherapists are important members of the sports medicine team and are involved in the prevention and management of injured athletes right from the acute stage of injury to the stage of rehabilitation. However, the type of treatments rendered to injured athletes and level of physiotherapy utilisation in terms of injury referrals for physiotherapy in sports medicine in Nigeria is not fully known.

OBJECTIVE

To find out the extent of referral of sports injuries for physiotherapy and types of treatments rendered to injured athletes referred for physiotherapy at the National Sports Medicine Centre (NSMC), Lagos, South-West, Nigeria.

METHODS

All case files at the general records unit from January 1995 to December 2002 were investigated. Information on athlete's sport, body part treated and physiotherapy modalities used between January 1997 and December 2002 were also extracted from the treatment register at the physiotherapy department of the sports medicine centre.

RESULTS

A total of 171 sports related injuries were reported at the general records unit of the NSMC, with a male to female ratio of 2:1. Of this number, 121 (70.8%) were referred for physiotherapy with strain (n = 57, 33.3%) constituting the majority of physiotherapy referrals. At the physiotherapy department, the knee (n = 43, 30.1%) and the thigh (n = 33, 25.4%) were the most treated body parts. Track and field events (n = 48, 36.9%) recorded the highest number of injuries treated. Exercise therapy (n = 81, 25.5%) was the most frequently used modality, followed closely by transcutenous electrical nerve stimulation therapy (n = 73, 20.3%).

CONCLUSION

The frequency of referral of sports injuries for physiotherapy at the NSMC was high. Exercise therapy was the most frequently used treatment modality and injuries affecting the lower limbs were mostly treated. Emphasis should therefore be laid on prevention of lower limb injuries.

背景

物理治疗师是运动医学团队的重要成员，从损伤的急性期到康复阶段，都参与受伤运动员的预防和管理工作。然而，在尼日利亚，针对受伤运动员所提供的治疗类型以及运动医学中因伤转介至物理治疗的物理治疗利用水平尚不完全清楚。

目的

了解在尼日利亚西南部拉各斯的国家运动医学中心（NSMC），运动损伤转介至物理治疗的程度以及转介接受物理治疗的受伤运动员所接受的治疗类型。

方法

对1995年1月至2002年12月期间总记录单位的所有病例档案进行调查。还从运动医学中心物理治疗科的治疗登记册中提取了1997年1月至2002年12月期间有关运动员运动项目、治疗身体部位和所使用的物理治疗方式的信息。

结果

NSMC总记录单位共报告了171例与运动相关的损伤，男女比例为2:1。其中，121例（70.8%）被转介接受物理治疗，拉伤（n = 57，33.3%）占物理治疗转介的大多数。在物理治疗科，膝盖（n = 43，30.1%）和大腿（n = 33，25.4%）是接受治疗最多的身体部位。田径项目（n = 48，36.9%）记录的受伤治疗数量最多。运动疗法（n = 81，25.5%）是最常用的方式，紧随其后的是经皮神经电刺激疗法（n = 73，20.3%）。